Andy - no problem.  It's an honor and th highest form of compliment when someone reblogs one of your posts.  I had a few today and it's very exciting seeing the results. :-)

Mike - that's totally your call, just don't let the water get too clear and cold.  :-)

Absolutely horrendous idea - AND there shouldn't be automatic inclusion with an opt-out, it should be opt-in only.

Marc - it was a member suggested idea to have the opt out option. We do listen to the members and try to offer solutions that make everyone happy here.  I loved your comment though, so much I decided to:

Absolutely horrendous idea - AND there shouldn't be automatic inclusion with an opt-out, it should be opt-in only.
Absolutely horrendous idea - AND there shouldn't be automatic inclusion with an opt-out, it should be opt-in only.
Absolutely horrendous idea - AND there shouldn't be automatic inclusion with an opt-out, it should be opt-in only.

repeat it a few times.... lol!~  Thanks Marc, that was great!

OMG - looks like I've been reblogged here! Thank you to all the rebloggers who tested or used my post to reblog. To me it is the highest compliment one member can pay to another.  This is the meaning of "Viral" if you ask me.  :-)

Maureen - when someone reblogs your post, they cannot edit anything you have written including links, photos, video, graphics etc.  They can add their own information above the repost and thereblog option is removed from their post.  We are still working on a couple things like adding your photo as the author and a tracking that will give yo all the information regarding who reblogged you, and the links to their posts. 

The look will change a bit but the concept will stay the same.

John - by the time you got here to comment, that change had already been made, had you come earlier, you'd have noticed that the opt-in or out option was not there.  Thanks for stepping in and trying to help the other members, but sometimes AR steps in quicl=kly and makes changes based on members response and suggestions. If fact most cases, that's just how we roll.  Thanks John.  :-)

Steven - Steven - Steven -  I almost thought I needed glasses when I saw your comment.  Man you put some effort into that one!  LOL!~  You almost got me there...thanks!  :-)

Maureen - haha!  I know that song all too well.  lol~

I get what you're saying now. If someone reblogs you and you make changes to your original post, then your changes will show up on that members reblog of your post.  Yes. That is true. And I think it's a good thing. 

Imagine if you had typos, or incorrect information and 25 members reblogged you, that would be hell trying to get all those posts corrected. By editing the master (original) post, all the others should and will reflect those changes.

If that were not the case or you see a case where it's not, I need to know right away. Thanks.

Just FYI...now I have that MaDonna song stck in my head, thanks alot for that!!  :-)))

THIS JUST IN....

Here's what I just found out and confirmed:

You can reblog up to 10 posts in a week.

Anything after that won't be awarded points.

You can earn points by having your post reblogged.

Each time someone reblogs your post, you earn 25 points, up to a maximum of 500 points per post.

Terri - make sure you check out the link I added to Bob's post, it explains this in more technical detail.  This post was reblogged 12 times, there are others that have been reblogged more, I can tell you that the results from this reblogged post have done some crazy SEO things for my Blog.  I'm sold and a believer now. :-)

Betina - I can't believe this sucker got reblogged 12 times, I can't wait till they have the ability to check the stats on those little flags at the top of these posts.  I don't think I get points anymore, but better than that, I get a paycheck!  I LOVE MY JOB!!  :-0